Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc58/2/5
Zabrinutost pacijenata i roditelja zbog ortodontske terapije tijekom pandemije bolesti COVID-19
Magda Trinajstić Zrinski
; Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Krešimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Petra Anić
; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Sveučilišna avenija 4, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia
Željana Matošić
; Postgraduate student, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sandra Anić Milošević
; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Senka Meštrović
; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Lapter Varga
; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Objective: We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the concern of adolescents
in orthodontic treatment, and to determine whether personality traits and parental perception were predictors of adolescent patients’ concerns. Participants and methods: The sample consisted of 229 adolescent patients (57.2% female) and 223 parents (65.1% female). Questionnaires included items about the importance of infection control and concern about treatment duration and results. Their
latent structure was determined using exploratory factor analysis. The Big Five Inventory was used for assessing personality traits. Predictors of patients’ and parental orthodontic concern and awareness of the importance of infection control measures were tested by the hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: Two factors were revealed for the patient questionnaire, Treatment concern (TC) and Awareness of the importance of measures (AM), and four factors for the parent questionnaire, Parents’ treatment concern (PTC), Parents’ awareness of the importance of measures (PAM),
Parents’ concern about the pandemic (PCP) and Parents’ concern about their child with regards to the pandemic (PCC). Adolescents’ personality traits were not predictors of either TC or AM. PTC was a predictor of TC (p<0.001), accounting for 28% of the variance. PAM and the patient’s following of the news were predictors of AM (p≤0.022), accounting for 24% and 2% of the variance, respectively. Conclusion: Parental concern and awareness of measures had an important role in attitudes of adolescent orthodontic patients during the COVID- 19 pandemic, while personality traits did not. The clinician should put additional emphasis on communication with the parent.
Keywords
COVID-19; Orthodontics; Orthodontic Appliances; Adolescents; Parents; Physician-Patient Relations; Orthodontic Treatment
Hrčak ID:
318094
URI
Publication date:
22.6.2024.
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